Romanian to English examples

Vreau să învăț engleza repede.

→ I want to learn English quickly.

Romanian uses the subjunctive 'să' before infinitives. English uses 'to' — 'to learn'. The SVO structure is similar in both languages.

Învăț engleza de trei ani.

→ I have been learning English for three years.

Romanian uses the present tense with 'de' for ongoing duration. English uses the present perfect continuous — a tense that signals duration from a past point to the present.

Puteți vorbi mai rar, vă rog?

→ Could you speak more slowly, please?

Romanian 'puteți' (you can/could) corresponds to English 'could you'. The formal second person plural is used for politeness in Romanian.

Dacă aș fi învățat mai mult, aș fi trecut examenul.

→ If I had studied more, I would have passed the exam.

Romanian uses the conditional perfect 'aș fi' for both clauses of the third conditional. English uses past perfect in the if-clause and 'would have' in the result clause.

Engleza este o limbă foarte importantă.

→ English is a very important language.

Romanian uses the postpositive article — 'engleza' has the definite article '-a' attached at the end. English puts 'the' before the word. The article system is structurally opposite.